A Lovely Saturday

Gorgeous day, today is. The rains have finally subsided and we have blue sky! Just took Callie out for a walk, but she gets too warm in the direct sunlight. She keeps going from bush to bush to get shade cover.

This morning we went to the downtown market for our weekly supply of meat and veggies from the Amish. It is such an interesting place. Very old, inner city, not quite clean and spiffy, booths selling everything from flowers, baked goods and old gold jewelry to shoes. There are a few outside stalls selling caftans, more jewelry and household goods. Never know what you might find here. There are stands selling all things Obama and Martin Luther King, plether furniture and lovely paintings of African-American families. One booth sells incense, native African art and sculpture, natural haircare and textiles and is run by an older African-American lady with a nose ring and dreads down below her butt. Her sweet little grandbaby is sometimes there with her.

The food is an eclectic mix, too. You can get Indian, Thai, Caribbean, Italian, Chinese, organic vegetarian, American and soul food. The barbecue is yummy, made by Amish folks and has a long line of inner city African-American folks waiting to buy it. Now where else can you see something so wholly unexpected?

I got a wonderful chicken curry spinach wrap and a blueberry iced coffee. So good!

I've got some household chores to do first, but later, we are going to the bike trail that winds through a lovely spot between two mountains, just a few miles from us.

Peaceful, pleasant times.